Month of Gratitude

6 Nov.

gripe- "I hate mornings!"

NOPE!

"This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will rejoice and be glad in it."  -Psalms 118:24

 ". . . this life is the time for men to prepare to meet God; yea, behold the day of this life is the day for men to perform their labors."  -Alma 34:32

Honestly, the first thing in the morning has not always been my shining moment.  However, I can also honestly say that before I go to bed every night, I commit to myself and to my Father in Heaven that when I wake up the next morning I will do my best to be who He would like me to be.  Some days I come closer than others, but so far I've been allowed to keep waking up and trying again.  There will come a time when I don't get to try anymore, and that will be okay, too.  But for now, I am profoundly grateful to be able to wake up in the morning, put my best foot forward, reach for my God-given potential, and hopefully bless the life of someone else before the sun goes down.  YAY for mornings!

Food for thought: 

"When we are young, it seems that we will live forever.  We think that there is a limitless supply of sunrises waiting just beyond the horizon, and the future looks to us like an unbroken road stretching endlessly before us.

 "However, the older we get, the more we tend to look back and marvel at how short that road really is . . . . And we begin to think about the choices we made and the things we have done.  In the process, we remember many sweet moments . . . But we also remember the . . . things we wish we could go back and change."  

-President Dieter F. Uchtdorf